White Dot Inlays On Maple Fingerboard

[dawnofzion]

Has anyone used white dot inlays on a maple fingerboard? I was wondering how that would look? I will be using a tinted clear on the neck as well. Does anyone have a picture of this?

[another doug]

I don't know about white plastic, but i found this neck which has mother of pearl dots. Hope that helps!

[low end fuzz]

it dosent look good;

it does when your making it and oohing and ahhing over it;

but when you get the distance of your stomach away from it, theyre invisble and utterly useless;

unless your into that

[Rick500]

I haven't seen any with white dots, but I have a few with abalone dots, which I really like. I find that I rarely use the dots on the fretboard anyway; I use the side dots (which are black) if anything.

[cSuttle]

I agree with the eariler comment, white on maple is not a good idea. Black MOP look awesome though.

[Kenny]

i agree too

as an artist it doesnt make sense to have a light background and a light foreground unless your specifically going for that effect

in this case the background being maple

it would amke sense to have a dark foreground

heres one example Jackson

its always good to have nice contrast to compliment one thing

and black or dark green on white makesthe white pop more

thats my opinion though

hope this helps! Kenny

[WezV]

i dont think it will look bad at all. They will be less functional but the player should still be able to see them even if the audience cant

[marksound]

My eye wants to see black dots on maple.

(On a dark board I like real MOP. Abalone is pretty and makes for some nice flash under stage lights, but up close I don't much care for it.)

[djhollowman]

Has anyone used white dot inlays on a maple fingerboard? I was wondering how that would look? I will be using a tinted clear on the neck as well. Does anyone have a picture of this?

Won't the tinted clear affect the colour of the dot?? ....which could make it look even less distinct??

Just a thought...

DJ

[ToneMonkey]

Has anyone used white dot inlays on a maple fingerboard? I was wondering how that would look? I will be using a tinted clear on the neck as well. Does anyone have a picture of this?

Won't the tinted clear affect the colour of the dot?? ....which could make it look even less distinct??

Just a thought...

DJ

That's what I thought. Personally I don't think I'd really like the look anyway, but each to their own.

If you're trying to go for something really subtle on purpose, I thought about cutting some plugs out of the same wood and inlaying them with the grain perpendicular to the grain in the fretboard.

[dawnofzion]

I am thinking about doing pearl dots instead of solid white. this will give it some color and definition but it will still be subtle. Will the tinted clear have a major effect on the pearl dots? I will be using the pearl dots from stewmac.

[akvguitars]

If you're set on white dots, something I've seen done before that looks REAL good is to have a dark outline. Maple fretboard with white dots outlined in black. I've seen the reverse done on a lot of QUALITY guitars (ebony fb with white, mop, abalone, even brass rings around a black dot).

[Quarter]

A dark bezel around the MOP would set it off nice, even silver / aluminum like I did on this lap steel I'm building.

Granted, its abalone on mahogany, but you get the general idea.

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Edited September 5, 2007 by Quarter

[dawnofzion]

A dark bezel around the MOP would set it off nice, even silver / aluminum like I did on this lap steel I'm building.

Granted, its abalone on mahogany, but you get the general idea.

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what did you use for the inlays surrounds? and what was the process of putting them into the fretboard?

[Quarter]

what did you use for the inlays surrounds? and what was the process of putting them into the fretboard?

I used some 9/32 aluminum tubing I picked up at the hobby store, it has a 1/4" ID.

What I did was cut off some small pieces with a jewelers saw, drilled a shallow, (3/32 - 1/8 deep), 9/32 hole, and set the tubing pieces into the wood with a little CA.

Once set and dry, I rough leveled the rings with a flat file, and then went on with the finish sanding.

Once the sanding was done, I set the 1/4" abalone with some epoxy, let cure, then sanded level, finished / polished off with some 0000 wool.